Rogers Building (Victoria, British Columbia)

Rogers Building (Victoria, British Columbia)
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48°25′26.05″N 123°22′4.41″W / 48.4239028°N 123.3678917°W / 48.4239028; -123.3678917
Location913 Government Street
Victoria, British Columbia
V8W 1X5
History
Built1903
Original useGrocery store
Site notes
ArchitectCharles Rogers
Architectural styles
Hooper and Watkins
Current useChocolate shop
Websitewww.rogerschocolates.com
Official name
Rogers Building National Historic Site of Canada
Designated1991

Rogers Building or Rogers Chocolates is a historic building in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, it is located at 913 Government Street in downtown Victoria.

The two-storey building was completed in 1903 by architects Hooper and Watkins for Charles Rogers (1854–1927), a grocer who operated from the opposite side of the street before 1903.[1] Rogers Chocolates continues to operate from this site since.

The site was designated as a historic building in 1991.[2] It is a small Victorian era commercial building with a Queen Anne Revival shopfront, and intact interior fixtures and decorative features.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "History of Rogers' Chocolates | Fine Chocolates Since 1885".
  2. ↑ Rogers Building. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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